Friday, October 18, 2013

Little Helper/Kleine Helferin

Flora has been very eager to make sure that we all help St. Michael by doing good deeds. Each year on Michaelmas I put up our balance scale and put a heavy stone on one side, symbolizing the evil. The children then try to help St. Michael by doing extra chores or good deeds. Each time you get to put a small "jewel" on the other side. This year our "evil" stone is very heavy and it seems to be taking a long time for the scale to tip the other way. So Flora decided to clear the table after lunch and tidy up the kitchen. I was very skeptical, but she told me I was to take a nap. Later I found her at the kitchen sink doing the dishes. What a sweet girl I have. I then helped her with drying the dishes. She was very proud when I told her she could add several "jewels" to the left side of the scale for all her great work.

6 comments:

I love your Michaelmas tradition. And Flora is beautiful. I wonder if she likes to imitate her older siblings. I bet they are all very helpful and loving. Did you manage to get a nap before returning to help with the dishes?

Thanks so much, yes, I did get a 10 minute nap, all the time subconsciously waiting for a dish to break, but nothing broke. Flora does watch everything and everybody very closely and then imitates a lot.

Hi Eva! This is a wonderful picture! That is so thoughtful of Flora to offer you a nap :) Mamas can almost always use a nap! I especially live the flowing soap suds!

Also, your Michaelmas tradition of the balance, stone, and jewels is a great idea. I really your set up. Hmmm, we have a balance with our math manipulatives! How long do you leave up your Michaelmas balance and Holy card?

I do try to get a nap after kitchen-clean up after lunch, but sometimes I am more tired than usual and wish to take a nap before kitchen-clean up. That was the case on the day Flora offered to help. She did make a watery mess, but I didn't say anything so I would not destroy all her love, effort, and good work.

I leave it up until the scale tips the right way, normally it goes pretty fast, after about two weeks, but this year the stone is much heavier. The latest I put it away is the last day of October.

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